“It's got a great mouth feel and it has a good finish and it's subtle throughout,” Trapp Lager Brewery Brewmaster John Patrick Williams said, referring to his prize-winning Pilsner.

The Trapp Lager Brewery Pilsner took second place in the Bohemian Pilsner category at the Great American Beer Festival.

“It's just a huge confidence boost,” Williams said. “This is the first award we've ever received as a brewery.”

Good news for anyone trying to get a taste -- the Pilsner is one of five beers being bottled up and shipped out of the new brew house-- where the brewery expanded in March.

“We have our four core beers. So we have our Helles, we have our silver-winning Pilsner, we have our Vienna, which is an amber style, and then we have our Dunkel which is a dark lager. And then we do a rotating seasonal. So we'll always have five out in the market at one time.

There's also a new keg line, and a tap room and restaurant are in the works. Work is expected to begin this winter.

In the meantime, beer lovers can kick back with a top-ranking Pilsner now sold in Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

“They taste really good on the hot weather days but you can still get away with drinking it before heading to the mountain,” Williams said.